United States and Virginia Government - Summer, 2015

June 29th, 2015 Activities:

1. Icebreaker Activity for Summer School 2015:

2. Important Americans PowerPoint:
3. PowerPoint on Tradition in American Government:

3A. Notes Containers will be filled in on the PowerPoint.

4. Pre-Test on US-VA Government:

5. Constitution USA Video Viewing Guide:

June 30th, 2015 Activities:
1. PowerPoint on Economic Systems:

1A. Notes Containers on Economic Systems:


2. Guided Reading Activity:

3.The Primary Sources of the Revolution Worksheet:

3A. The Primary Sources of the Revolution PowerPoint Review:

4. Complete The Declaration of Independence - A Primary Source Document Worksheet:

5. The Declaration of Independence Twitter Exchange Project Directions:

5A. Rubric for the Declaration of Independence Twitter Exchange:

6. Constitution USA Episode Two - It's a Free Country!:


July 1st, 2015 Activities:

1. The Crisis Period in American History:

1A. Notes Container:

2. The Constitution Reading Activity:

2B. The Constitutional Amendments:

2C. Constitutional Amendments Quiz:

3. Checks and Balances Study Guide:

3A. Checks and Balances Study Guide:

4. Constitution USA Episode III Video Viewing Guide:

July 2nd, 2015 Activities - Review of Week One:
1. Capitalism and Comparative Economics Guided Reading Activity:

1A. PowerPoint Review of Capitalism and Comparative Economics:

2. The Crisis Period Matching Activity:

2A. The Crisis Period Matching Activity PowerPoint Review:

3. Key Constitutional Concepts - The Constitutional Convention:

3A. Key Constitutional Concepts - Gideon V. Wainwright:

4. Constitution USA Episode Four:



July 6th, 2015 Activities:
1. Thurgood Marshall's Bicentennial Address:

1A. PowerPoint Review of Assignment:

2. Gideon V. Wainwright Documentary:

3. Liberty in the Hearts of Men:


3A. Notes Container for PowerPoint:

4. Liberalism V. Conservatism Documentary:

5. Eyes on the Prize - Awakenings:


July 7th, 2015 Activities:

1. The Constitution, So Near to Perfection:

1A. Notes Container for "So Near to Perfection."

2. The Legislative Branch:

2A. Notes Container on "The Legislative Branch."

3. The Legislative Branch - The US Congress GRA:

3A. PowerPoint Review of The Legislative Branch:


4. The President's Job Guided Reading Activity:

5. Eyes on the Prize Episode Two:


July 8th, 2015 Activities:

The Mid-Term Examination will be administered today at the start of class.

1. US-VA Government Mid-Term Examination:


2. The Executive Branch:

2A. Notes Container for The Distinguished Office:

3. The President's Job Description Worksheet:

3A. The President's Job Description PowerPoint Review:

4. The Expanding Powers of the Presidency:

4A. US President's Matching Activity Worksheet:

5. The Electoral College System:

5A. The Electoral College System PowerPoint Review:

5. The Civil Rights Legal Brief Project - Library Visit

The Civil Rights Reseach Assignment:

6. Eyes on the Prize, Ain't Scared of Your Jails:

July 9th, 2015 Activities:
1. Library Visit to complete work on the Civil Rights Research Assignment.

The Civil Rights Research Assignment:

2. The Executive Branch:

2A. Notes Container for The Distinguished Office:

3. The President's Job Description Worksheet:

3A. The President's Job Description PowerPoint Review:

4. The Expanding Powers of the Presidency:

4A. US President's Matching Activity Worksheet:

5. The Electoral College System:

5A. The Electoral College System PowerPoint Review:

6. Eyes on the Prize, No Easy Walk:

July 13th, 2015 Activities:

1. The United States Supreme Court and Civil Rights.

PowerPoint Review:

2. Overview of United States Foreign Policy PowerPoint:

2A. Notetaking Containers:

3. Overview of American History Guided Reading Activity:

4. Eyes on the Prize - Mississippi: Is This America?:

July 14th, 2015 Activities:

1. United States Foreign Policy:

1A. Notetaking Container:

2. Overview of American Foreign Policy Guided Reading Activity:

2A. PowerPoint Review of American Foreign Policy:

3. United States Military Involvement and Foreign Policy Choices:

3A. PowerPoint Review:

3B. Worksheet:

4. This Week with George Stephanopoulos - A Current Events Activity:


5. Eyes on the Prize - Bridge to Freedom :

July 15th, 2015 Activities:

1. Notes on the Judicial Branch and the Supreme Court:

1A. Judicial Branch and the Supreme Court PowerPoint:

2. The Supreme Court and Promoting the Civil Rights Movement:

2A. The Supreme Court and Promoting Civil Rights Worksheet:

3. The Supreme Court Guided Reading Activity:

3A. The Supreme Court Guided Reading Worksheet:

4. The Fog of War - Robert Strange McNamara's Lessons:

July 16th, 2015 Activities:

1. Discuss The Supreme Court of the United States Guided Reading Activity:

The Supreme Court of the United States Worksheet:

PowerPoint Review:

2. Notes on Citizenship in the United States of America:

US Citizenship Notes:

PowerPoint Review of Topic:

3. United States Citizenship Test:

4. Robert McNamara and The Fog of War Documentary, Part II:

July 20th, 2015 Activities:

1. State and Local Governments Notetaking Container:

1A. PowerPoint Review of State and Local Governments:

2. The Political Disposition of the Individual: Liberal or Conservative?

Conservative or Liberal Political Stance:
3. Lincoln:

July 21st, 2015 Activities:

Today is a half day for students, who will be released as of 10:15 AM. The Final Exam will be administered today and the date does count towards overall attendance, meaning it is essential to attend and complete the final exam.

1. The Final Exam Administered:

US-VA History - Summer Session, 2015

July 22nd, 2015 Activities:

1. Icebreaker Activity and the Eight Most Important Americans in History...

PowerPoint Review:

2. US History Pre-Test will be administered and corrected.

3. New England Colonies Notes:

Worksheet:

4. Southern Colonies Notes:

Worksheet:

Richard Frethorne Letter:

5. Middle Colonies Notes:

Worksheet:

6. Liberty! Episode One:

July 23rd, 2015 Activities:

1. Founding the Thirteen Colonies:

Worksheet:

2. SOL Review for Unit One PowerPoint:

Notes Container:

3. Unit One Review Guide:


4. Cumulative Unit One Test:

5. The Causes, Consequences, and Chronology of the Revolution:

PowerPoint:

Worksheet:



7. Liberty! Episode Two: "Blows Must Decide":

July 27th, 2015 Activities:

1. 101 Events to Study for the SOL Test:

2. 101 People to Study for the SOL Test:

3. The Colonists Fight for Their Rights:

Worksheet:

4. Individuals of the Era of the American Revolution:

Worksheet:

5. The Revolution Begins:

Worksheet:

6. People of the Revolutionary War Period:

7. Liberty! Episode Three:

July 28th, 2015 Activities:

1. 101 Events to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

2. 101 Identifications to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

3. Virginians on the US-VA SOL Test:

4. Notes on the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution:

5. Thurgood Marshall and the Bicentennial of the Constitution:

6. Thomas Jefferson: American Sphinx:

7. Liberty! Episode Four: Oh, Fatal Ambition:

July 29th, 2015 Activities:

1. 101 Events to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

2. Thomas Jefferson - American Sphinx Matcher:

Worksheet:

3. The War of 1812 Matching Activity:

Worksheet:

4. Manifest Destiny Bellringer Activities:

Worksheet:

PowerPoint:

5. Manifest Destiny Chronology:

PowerPoint Review:

6. 101 Identifications to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

7. Liberty! Episode Five: The World Turned Upside Down:

July 30th, 2015 Activities:

1. 101 Events to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

2. Abolitionists and Reformers:

Worksheet, Abolitionists and Reformers:

3. Slavery and Expansion to the West:

Worksheet:

4. 101 Identifications to Study for the US-VA SOL Test:

5. Liberty! Episode Six: Are We to Be a Nation?:

August 3rd, 2015 Activities:

1. US-VA SOL Test is administered today.

2. NOTES on the Civil War:
2B. Worksheet:

3. The Turning Points of the Civil War:

Worksheet, Turning Points of the Civil War:

4. The Conclusion of the Civl War:

4B. Worksheet:

5. Eyes on the Prize, Episode One:

August 4th, 2015 Activties:

1. Perspectives on the Reconstruction:

PowerPoint:

2. The Reconstruction Vocabulary Matcher:

PowerPoint:

3. The Reconstruction and the West:

PowerPoint:

4. Woman's History NOTES:
Quiz on NOTES:

5. Immigration:

PowerPoint:

6. Urbanization:

PowerPoint:

7. The Great Industrialists:

PowerPoint Review:


Eyes on the Prize, Episode Two:

August 5th, 2015 Activities:

1. The Progressive Presidents:

PowerPoint Review:

2. The Gilded Age and Progressive Reforms:

PowerPoint Review:

3. The Progressive Era Matching Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

4. US Foreign Policy GRA:

PowerPoint Review:

5. Foreign Policy Scenarios:


Eyes on the Prize, Episode Three:

August 6th, 2015 Activities:
1. World War I Guided Reading Activity:

PowerPoint Review:

2. The Treaty of Versailles Notes:

3. The Roaring 1920s Guided Reading Activity:

1920s and Great Depression SOL Review for Part I:

PowerPoint Review:

4. Individuals of the 1920s:

PowerPoint Review:



The Great Depression NOTES :

6. Open Notebook Test, The Roaring 1920s and The Great Depression - See me for copies.


Eyes on the Prize Episode Four:

August 10th, 2015 Activities:

1. FDR Video:

FDR PowerPoint Review:

2. The Great Depression Guided Reading Activity:

From Boom to Bust PowerPoint:

3. Notes on the Great Depression:

4. World War II Notes - Homefront and Isolationism:

4B. World War II Notes - The War in the Pacific:

4C. World War II Notes - The War in Europe and the Holocaust:

PowerPoint:

5. World War II Test:

6. Eyes on the Prize Episode Five:

August 11th, 2015 Activities:
1. Complete NOTES on World War II in Europe:

2. The Civil Rights Movement SOL Review:

Notetaking Container:

Quiz:

3. Amendments to the Constitution:

Quiz:

4. Important Presidents of the United States and Modern Presidents of the United States

Important Presidents in US History:

Modern US Presidents:


5. Eyes on the Prize Episode Six:

August 12th, 2015 Activities:
1. Warfare in US History:

Quiz:

2. Notes on the Cold War:

Quiz will be administered.

3A. The Vietnam War PowerPoint Review:

3B. The Vietnam War NOTES:

The Fog of War:

August 13th, 2015 Activities:

US-VA History Final Examination: